Stem Cell Discovery Gives Insight Into Motor Neurone Disease, University of Edinburgh Study

A discovery using stem cells from a patient with motor neurone disease could help research into treatments for the condition. The study used a patient's skin cells to create motor neurons - nerve cells that control muscle activity - and the cells that support them called astrocytes.

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